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EVERY PICTURE TELLS A STORY: UNIVERSITY, YOUNGER STUDENTS COLLABORATE ON MURAL AT CIVIC CENTER
(Local News ~ 12/08/00)
The newest addition to Cape Girardeau's growing gallery of murals is taking shape on a scarred wall in the windowless gym at the Cape Girardeau Civic Center. It is a montage of trees and houses and hills meant to illustrate what the children who go to the center like about their community...
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A WALK ON THE WILD SIDE: MINISTER WILL TEST GEAR FOR HIKING MAGAZINE
(Local News ~ 12/08/00)
Five hundred Lutheran women convinced Backpacker magazine that the Rev. Jeff Sippy should take a hike. At a Lutheran Women's Missionary League convention last summer in Columbia, Mo., the women signed a petition that helped Sippy win a contest sponsored by the magazine. The pastor of Hanover Lutheran Church in Cape Girardeau is one of four who leave Dec. 29 for a seven-day backpacking trip to Jamaica...
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TRANSPORTATION: LONG LINES THE NORM AS OLD BRIDGE FIXED
(Local News ~ 12/08/00)
EAST CAPE GIRARDEAU, Ill. -- An accident that stopped traffic on the Mississippi River bridge for two hours Thursday morning didn't cause any injuries but did demand a lot of time. Traffic was backed up over three miles to the intersection of Illinois highways 146 and 3, said Joe Aden, mayor of East Cape Girardeau...
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EDUCATION: ALUM CENTER PLAN MAY GET OK'D TODAY
(Local News ~ 12/08/00)
Southeast Missouri State University plans to build a $1.2 million alumni center next to Wildwood, the historic home that once was the official residence of university presidents. It would be funded largely, if not entirely, with private donations, school officials said. The school already has nearly $1 million in private funds for the project and expects to raise the rest...
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WIDOWED WOMAN'S INCOME ISN'T ENOUGH
(Local News ~ 12/08/00)
Mrs. O has multiple health problems that have left her with few financial resources and even less to help her ailing mother. Mrs. O. is diabetic. She suffers from arthritis, osteoporosis and emphysema. She has lived alone in Jackson, Mo., since her husband died 10 years ago. Her son, who lives nearby, takes her to see her mother in a nursing home...
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TOYBOX NEEDS MANY MORE TOYS
(Local News ~ 12/08/00)
Christmas won't feel like a special holiday to children who are without presents, and Toybox needs a lot more toys for the needy children in Cape Girardeau. Toybox, a joint program of the Cape Girardeau Jaycees and Southeast Missourian, needs toys for all age children...
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RIVER CITY JOURNAL: WHEN IT'S DARK AND SCARY, TRY SINGING THIS LITTLE SONG
(Column ~ 12/08/00)
Maybe this has happened to you: You're away from home -- maybe traveling somewhere -- and you're thirsty, but you can't find anything to drink. So you keep going and going, getting thirstier and thirstier. Finally, you take an exit even though you don't know if there's going to be a service station or convenience store or fast-food restaurant to get something to drink...
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EDUCATION: AREA DROP-OUT RATES DOWN
(Local News ~ 12/08/00)
Good attendance rates, rising student scores on Missouri Assessment Program exams and low drop- out rates characterized the 1999-2000 district profiles recently released by Delta, Meadow Heights and Scott City school districts. Public schools were required to make district profiles available to legislators, news media and the public by Dec. 1. The district profiles show the improvements and failures in a school system for the previous year...
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COLLEGE BASKETBALL: SE ENGINE RATTLES IN 5-2 START
(College Sports ~ 12/08/00)
Tuesday night's 87-84 victory over Southern Illinois was exactly the kind of game Southeast Missouri State University men's basketball coach Gary Garner was looking for out of the Indians, who were coming off a disappointing loss at Mississippi Valley State less than a week earlier...
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HIGH SCHOOL: SIKESTON GIRLS RALLY PAST SCOTT CITY TO REACH FINAL
(High School Sports ~ 12/08/00)
CHAFFEE, Mo. -- The second-seeded Sikeston Lady Bulldogs advanced to the championship round of the Chaffee Tournament with a 44-40 victory over third-seeded Scott City on Thursday at Chaffee High School. The Lady Bulldogs overcame a five-point deficit late in the fourth quarter to get the win...
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COLLEGE FOOTBALL: SIU PROGRAM HIRES KILL AS HEAD COACH
(College Sports ~ 12/08/00)
CARBONDALE, Ill. -- Jerry Kill, Southern Illinois' new football coach, showed Thursday he can knock 'em dead -- with his wit, at least. "If you think that I cannot recruit, you can look at my wife," Kill, a balding 39-year-old with his wife at his side, told reporters. "If I can talk her into marrying me, I sure in the heck can put a good football team together here at Southern Illinois."...
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BILLY THOMPSON SR.
(Obituary ~ 12/08/00)
JACKSON, Mo. -- Billy Joe Thompson Sr., 75, of Jackson died Thursday, Dec. 7, 2000, at his home. Cracraft-Miller Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
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GARY CROWE
(Obituary ~ 12/08/00)
WAPPAPELLO, Mo. -- Gary Gene Crowe, 54, of Wappapello died Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2000, in Hope, Ark. He was born Nov. 25, 1946, at Aid, Mo., son of Noel and Eileen McRoy Crowe. He married Linda Shelby. Crowe was formerly of Bloomfield, Mo. He was a truck driver with WW Transport Inc. in Advance, Mo. He was a member of Eagles Aerie 4066 at Wappapello, and Bloomfield Amvets...
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BIRTHS
(Births ~ 12/08/00)
Daughter to Lee Matthew and Leisa Yolanda Blissett of Oran, Mo., Southeast Missouri Hospital, 1:41 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 30, 2000. Name, Leia MariAngela. Weight, 5 pounds 12 ounces. Mrs. Blissett is the former Leisa Hawes, daughter of Dewey L. Hawes of Chicago. She is a social worker with Missouri Department of Mental Health. Blissett is the son of Johnnie and Maybelle Blissett of Oran. He is manager of Lambert's Cafe...
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CLEM FARR
(Obituary ~ 12/08/00)
HOWARDVILLE, Mo. -- Clem Farr, 72, of Fort Wayne, Ind., died Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2000, at St. Joseph Hospital in Fort Wayne. He was born Nov. 10, 1928, at Bernie, Mo., son of James and Mary Farr. Farr was a member of Dupree Temple Church of God In Christ and served on the Deacons Board...
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HENRY HOFFMAN
(Obituary ~ 12/08/00)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Henry L. Hoffman, 90, of East Moline, Ill., died Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2000, at Trinity Medical Center West Campus in Rock Island, Ill. He was born Sept. 10, 1910, at Perryville, son of Andrew and Julia Sutterer Hoffman. He and Wiltrudis Unterreiner were married Oct. 21, 1939, in Perryville...
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RUTH KEITH
(Obituary ~ 12/08/00)
ANNA, Ill. -- Ruth Keith, 94, of Aurora, Colo., died Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2000, at Iliff Care Center in Denver, Colo. She was formerly of Anna. Crain Funeral Home in Anna is in charge of arrangements.
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JERRY HOLLAND
(Obituary ~ 12/08/00)
BLOOMFIELD, Mo. -- Funeral for Jerry Dean Holland of Bloomfield will be held at 10 a.m. today at Chiles-Cooper Funeral Home. Burial will be in Bloomfield Cemetery. Holland, 65, died Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2000, in Cape Girardeau. He was born Feb. 7, 1935, at Steele, Mo., son of Dixie and Dicie Reeves Holland. He and Rita Stephens were married Dec. 4, 1955. She died March 8, 1981. He later married Sharon Bates...
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RALEIGH PEARMAN
(Obituary ~ 12/08/00)
ANNA, Ill. -- Funeral for Raleigh F. Pearman of Anna will be held at 1 p.m. today at Lutz and Rendleman Funeral Home in Anna. The Rev. Scott Harner will officiate. Burial will be in St. John's Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 11 a.m...
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TODD THURMOND
(Obituary ~ 12/08/00)
EAST PRAIRIE, Mo. -- Todd Charles Thurmond, 21, of East Prairie died Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2000, in East Prairie. He was born Dec. 18, 1978, in Sikeston, Mo., son of John Anthony and Pamela Joy Tatum Thurmond. Survivors include his parents of East Prairie; paternal grandparents, Bill and June Thurmond of East Prairie; and maternal grandparents, Charles and Violet Tatum of East Prairie...
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BUILDING IN REVIEW
(Local News ~ 12/08/00)
New home permits boosted construction totals issued by the Cape Girardeau Division of Inspection Services in November. Seven single-family home permits were issued in the amount of a million dollars, ranging in price from a small two-bedroom home, to more than $225,000...
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SPEAK OUT
(Speak Out ~ 12/08/00)
I SEE in the paper that a large number of Missourians are leaving the Democratic Party for the Republican Party. They didn't leave their party. It left them. Thank the good Lord for conservative Democrats who can't stomach what Clinton and company have done to our country...
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MISSOURIANA
(Column ~ 12/08/00)
The major drawback to improving communication is that every time a faster method is devised, the Missouri Department of Transportation announces a higher estimate of needed revenue. When someone talks about "political solutions," you know you're not listening to a serious student of U.S. politics...
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THREE RIVERS, SEMO EXPAND JOINT PROGRAMS
(Editorial ~ 12/08/00)
The designation of some Missouri high schools as A+ schools has had two goals: One is to establish standards for students so they will develop good values, and the other is to guarantee that every successful A+ student will be able to afford at least two years of college...
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VILIFICATION NOW PERMEATES OUR PUBLIC DISCOURSE
(Editorial ~ 12/08/00)
Joseph Shumpeter wrote that "the first thing a man will do for his ideals is lie." The great collective lie of modern politics was the innocence of Alger Hiss. A former State Department employee, Hiss possessed a liberal pedigree and impeccable Ivy League credentials. ...
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SPRINGFIELD DISTRICT SEEKS CHARTER AUTONOMY
(Editorial ~ 12/08/00)
When legislation to permit charter schools was first being discussed in the Missouri Legislature, representatives of several school districts showed up in Jefferson City to voice their opposition. Allowing some schools to operate independently of state regulations would siphon state funding, they said...
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